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Employee Benefits Advisory Committee

Charge:

  1. To recommend benefits provided to UCA employees and to assess employee needs
  2. To recommend to the budget advisory committee by priority the employee benefits to include in the next year’s budget
  3. To encourage educational and informational programs designed to promote the best use of employee benefits by UCA employees
  4. Assess health and wellness needs of faculty and staff
  5. Evaluate efforts in health promotion and disease prevention
  6. Work with faculty and staff in encouraging employee participation in the benefits program

 

Annual Report and Presentation:

The Faculty Senate requests that this committee provide a written report to the Faculty Senate by November 1 of each year. This report should summarize the body´s activities during the prior year, provide appropriate statistics and data, and outline long-range planning for the following year. This report should be approved by the membership of the committee. The chair of this committee shall contact the President of the Faculty Senate to schedule a presentation to the full Senate by this same date.

Membership

  • Consists of four full-time continuing faculty members and four staff members serving rotating four-year terms and a chair appointed by the President
  • Consists of one part-time faculty serving a one-year term. The part-time faculty position shall be a non-voting member except on issues that directly affect the part-time faculty of the University as determined by the chair of the committee
  • The chair of the Health and Wellness Advisory Committee serves as an ex-officio voting member
  • The Associate Vice President for Human Resources and Risk Management serves as an ex officio non-voting member
  • Faculty members are appointed by the Faculty Senate. Staff members are appointed by the Staff Senate

Members

Lori Hudspeth, Chair
UCA Presidential Appointment
Permanent

Garth Johnson
At-Large
Faculty Senate Part-Time
2028

Renee LeBeau-Ford
At-Large
Faculty Senate Full-Time
2028

Stephen Yao
Faculty Senate Full-Time
2029

Vamsi Paruchuri
Faculty Senate Full-Time
2030

Audreka Penten
Staff Senate Appointment
2028

Jennifer OlsonT
Staff Senate Appointment
2027

VACANT
Staff Senate Appointment
2027

VACANT
Staff Senate Appointment
2027

Tiffany Synder, Chair
Health and Wellness Promotion Committee
Permanent

Brdiget Fortenberry
Assoc. Vice President for Human Resources and Risk Management
Permanent

Meetings

on call

Reports to:

President

Minutes

Send minutes to: Chair of the Committee on Committees

Page last updated:   September, 24, 2026